Purpose: The purpose of this review was to investigate the effect of core stability exercises in volleyball players.
Methods: This study was a PRISMA systematic review. It reviewed comprehensively the effect of core stability interventions on volleyball players. It carried out searching in Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, PEDro, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and in Persian Google Scholar, Megapaper databases, Irandak, Magiran, Jihad University Scientific Information Center, Madlib, Iran Medex and Iran Research Institute of Science and Technology. The keywords in two groups including: Group 1:” core stability exercise” OR “core stability training” OR “core stability endurance” OR “trunk stability” OR “central stability exercises” OR “core intervention” OR “core stability control" OR “core strengthening exercise” OR “trunk resistance exercise and group 2:"volleyball” OR “volleyball player “OR “volleyball athletes” from 2000 to February 2023. This search used Persian and English languages.
Results: We got 146 articles. After removing duplicate titles, we selected 127 abstracts for review. Finally, 18 articles were included in the present review.
Conclusion: The results of this review show that core stability exercises can improve movement capabilities, performance, and sports skills as well as prevent injuries from volleyball players. Of course, the conclusions of the present study should be interpreted with caution, considering the limitations such as the difference in the number of samples under study, measurement methods, and components of different core stability protocols.
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Special Received: 2023/06/19 | Accepted: 2023/07/15 | Published: 2023/07/28